Everyone dies. Not everyone stays dead.

The Society makes its home in an abandoned psychiatric ward down an old, forgotten road. The ward has two visible floors and sits upon a low hill. Thick, dead vines cover much of the building, but here and there you can catch a glimpse of faded red brick behind the leaves. Some of the windows are broken, and all of them are barred. The long sidewalk winding up the front yard to the entrance has numerous cracks through which weeds sprout up. A rusting chain link fence surrounds the grounds of the institute, which include an empty swimming pool lined with moss and a broken-down children's swing set. Pale, flickering lights can be seen in the hallway past the main doors.

The doors make a loud grating noise when opened, virtually eliminating any chance of entering stealthily. A few weak fluorescent lights illuminate the main hallway and lobby, and there is an odd smell permeating the room. Past the lobby is another hallway, completely darkened, and the floor is littered with glass and some sort of slick, dark substance. There is one light working further down the hall, and it casts its glow on double doors that lead to a large room - a cafeteria. It is mostly empty, with only a few broken tables and chairs scattered throughout the room. There's a large, thick-looking puddle of something underneath one of the tables, but it can't be seen in the dim light. At the end of the hall are three offices, all littered with paperwork, office supplies, and cardboard boxes. The papers describe the conditions of the patients who used to live here; some of them are disturbing. To the right, there are two flights of stairs - one leading down into pitch blackness, the other leading up to the second floor.

An old medicine trolley is in the corner of the landing up the stairs, containg a few empty pill bottles. Another short flight of stairs takes you up to the second floor. None of the hallway lights are working, but several of the lights in the rooms are, and they cast eerie rectangular strips of light through the lead-laced windows. Some of the doors are locked and some are ajar. A few are missing entirely. There is a pile of rags against one of the walls, and a teddy bear with its head half ripped off and one button eye dangling from a thread lays in the middle of the hall further down. Some of the rooms still have beds. One room has strange rust-colored stains on the curtains; another has a crumpled straightjacket lying in one corner; another has a bed with leather straps used to restrain patients. All of the rooms are oddly cold and very uninviting.

Upon descending the other flight of stairs, one would notice a thick, pungent stench, reminiscent of garbage and bad meat, along with an uncomfortably humid stagnance to the air. The darkness is so thick it's almost tangible, and even a strong flashlight is barely able to penetrate it. The walls were white, but they've darkened with age and are covered with dark, reddish stains. Be careful not to slip on the gore strewn about the floor - we zombies are messy eaters. The hallway is long and stretches as far as the eyes can see in both directions. Mortal exploration is practically impossible, because the odor and feelings of revulsion this place stirs in living humans is unbearable.

Welcome to the Society.

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FavoritesThese can all be pluralized. If you have 3 favorite movies, list them all. Just don't list 20 of your favorite things. We don't care that much.Band:Musical Genre:Movie:Actor:Food:Article of Clothing:Place to Shop:Time of Day:Day of the Year:Website:

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Zombie Culture

We zombies want to be intelligent and sophisticated and have fun, right? The following lists are for your reference, one in each major category - music, movies, literature, websites, art, and games.

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Zombie-Related Music-Name of the artist-Name of the song*Optional: Lyrics in part or in whole, album, etc.

Zombie-Related Movies-Full title of the movie-Any alternative titles of the movie*Optional: actors, directors, brief summary, year it came out, etc.

Zombie-Related Books, Magazines, Etc.-Title of the book-Name of the author(s)*Optional: publisher, number of pages, how often it's published (for magazines and other periodicals), brief summary, etc.

Zombie-Related Art(Pretty much all of this is optional - just give what you can and I'll post it)-Name of an artist-Name of a particular piece of art (must include name of artist who did it)-URL of a website dedicated to zombie art-Feel free to submit links to your own artwork, if it's zombie-related.

The Evil Dead Trilogy: Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, and Army of DarknessNight of the Living DeadReturn of the Living DeadReturn of the Living Dead 2Return of the Living Dead 3Dead Alive (also known as Braindead)ReAnimatorDawn of the DeadCemetery ManThe Serpent and the RainbowThe Dead Hate the LivingZombie - Zombie 4Tsui Hark's Vampire Hunters28 Days LaterResident EvilThemI, Zombie: A Chronicle of PainDay of the DeadWild ZeroGraveyard Alive: A Zombie Nurse in LoveVersus (directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, 2000)Zombie Lake

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Zombie LiteratureYour average brain-eating monster's choice in books and periodicals

"The Zombie Survival Guide," by Max Brooks"Autumn: the City," by David MoodyThe Walking Dead series by Robert Kirkman (graphic novels)

www.allflesh.comIt's a site about a zombie RPG named "All Flesh Must be Eaten". Not a computer game or anything, just a good ol' roleplaying game (the kind with pen and paper). There is also a section named "Flesh Fiction" under the "Support" section of the site, where they have some zombie short stories.Website rating? R.

http://www.zombelina.net/More zombie dolls! They're more unique than the Living Dead Dolls and Autopsy Babies, and made by one of our very own members. Bet you can't guess who.